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Worksite Enforcement & Immigration Compliance

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Our Worksite Enforcement and Corporate Compliance Team provides practical advice on “best practices” and “safe harbors” to help companies mitigate risk. Our unique approach to client service stems from the insights and expertise of our integrated team, which includes former federal prosecutors and veteran attorneys in the fields of immigration, tax, labor/employment and government contracts law. This depth of experience enables us to assist clients with all aspects of compliance and investigations: from personnel training to developing a corporate immigration or E-Verify compliance program, from responding to a grand jury subpoena to handling an IRS or ICE audit.

Our Worksite Enforcement and Corporate Compliance Team provides practical advice on “best practices” and “safe harbors” to help companies mitigate risk. Our unique approach to client service stems from the insights and expertise of our integrated team, which includes former federal prosecutors and veteran attorneys in the fields of immigration, tax, labor/employment and government contracts law. This depth of experience enables us to assist clients with all aspects of compliance and investigations: from personnel training to developing a corporate immigration or E-Verify compliance program, from responding to a grand jury subpoena to handling an IRS or ICE audit.

Our team also helps employers sort through the contradictory pronouncements from agencies with different missions: some protecting workers from national origin discrimination if they are fired; others removing (deporting) them and imposing civil and criminal fines on employers. We also advise companies on the increasing number of state-by-state requirements that prohibit companies from entering into government contracts or retaining their business licenses if they have not verified the identity and immigration status of their workers. Arizona, for example, has mandated the use of E-Verify by all employers. At least 14 other states have enacted E-Verify laws.

Finally, we work with high technology clients to resolve “deemed export” and export controls issues affecting foreign national employees. Our team intervenes when visas are delayed at U.S. Embassies because of the issuance of security advisory opinions. We also work on adjusting foreign nationals working on temporary visas to Green Card status to avoid “deemed export” issues.